Articles tagged with Swedish Experience
Nicorette maker backs EU Parliament event that shuts out rival nicotine sellers
Nicorette maker backs EU Parliament event that shuts out rival nicotine sellers
Nicorette maker Kenvue and a group that previously rewrote an EU report favourable findings on snus are behind a European Parliament event promising to “debunk” the Swedish Experience of tobacco harm reduction. Anyone linked to the tobacco and vaping industry...
Can Ireland be trusted to get EU’s new nicotine rules right?
Can Ireland be trusted to get EU’s new nicotine rules right?
As Ireland takes over the rotating EU presidency, negotiators in Brussels continue wrangling over proposed revisions to the Tobacco Products Directive. What can Ireland’s own experience with tobacco control te...
COP11 slams, rather than celebrates, Sweden’s smoke-free success
COP11 slams, rather than celebrates, Sweden’s smoke-free success
Anti-tobacco and nicotine advocacy groups devoted an entire COP11 side event in Geneva on Tuesday to questioning the role of snus and nicotine pouches in Sweden’s historic collapse in smoking rates. The 75-...
Beyond partisanship: How the US could learn from Sweden’s nicotine pouch approach
Beyond partisanship: How the US could learn from Sweden’s nicotine pouch approach
Nicotine pouches have ignited a media firestorm in the US. While these pouches have been a mainstay in Sweden since the 2010s, their recent surge in popularity across the Atlantic has sparked concerns over pub...
Curt Enzell: The tea-loving scientist who spawned a snus revolution
Curt Enzell: The tea-loving scientist who spawned a snus revolution
For the latest in our Harm Reduction Heroes series, we tell the story of Curt Enzell, the little-known Swedish scientist who had an outsize impact on snus and modern oral nicotine products. And it all started ...
Sweden nears smoke-free status: a ‘public health miracle’
Sweden nears smoke-free status: a ‘public health miracle’
Sweden will soon be the first country in the world to reach smoke-free status. And lessons from Sweden's "public health miracle" can help inspire other countries, according to a new report on the “Swedish Exp...
EU cancer summit snubs Swedes’ lung cancer success: ‘A missed opportunity’
EU cancer summit snubs Swedes’ lung cancer success: ‘A missed opportunity’
Sweden boasts the EU’s lowest lung cancer rates, thanks largely to the prevalence of Swedish snus. Yet a high-level EU cancer conference hosted in Stockholm as part of the Swedish EU presidency failed to highl...
‘Nicotine alternatives help smokers quit cigarettes’
‘Nicotine alternatives help smokers quit cigarettes’
The world’s one billion smokers need options to help them quit smoking, says oncologist and researcher Lars Rutqvist, who explains why nicotine pouches can be a safer choice for those looking to quit cigarette...
Martin Cullip: Defending nicotine against the ‘nanny state’
Martin Cullip: Defending nicotine against the ‘nanny state’
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to consumer advocate and former New Nicotine Alliance chair Martin Cullip about his participation in the grassroots movement that force...